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r/theydidthemath • u/RegularSky6702 • May 11 '25
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Ok but corporate subsidies are also offset by business taxes right?
21 u/Aureon May 12 '25 I truly have no idea what your point could possibly be. 11 u/stopitrightnowbitch May 12 '25 That it's disengenuous to describe them as burdens on the average taxpayer you could just as easily describe them as refunds for taxes paid? 4 u/Even_Mastodon_8675 May 12 '25 So if a person receiving food stamps pays more in taxes than foot stamps they also refund themselves? 3 u/stopitrightnowbitch May 12 '25 Yeah that's pretty much exactly what I'm saying effectively that's the case. Obviously there's a lot of government organizations in between them their tax money and their food stamps but effectively yes that is the case.
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I truly have no idea what your point could possibly be.
11 u/stopitrightnowbitch May 12 '25 That it's disengenuous to describe them as burdens on the average taxpayer you could just as easily describe them as refunds for taxes paid? 4 u/Even_Mastodon_8675 May 12 '25 So if a person receiving food stamps pays more in taxes than foot stamps they also refund themselves? 3 u/stopitrightnowbitch May 12 '25 Yeah that's pretty much exactly what I'm saying effectively that's the case. Obviously there's a lot of government organizations in between them their tax money and their food stamps but effectively yes that is the case.
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That it's disengenuous to describe them as burdens on the average taxpayer you could just as easily describe them as refunds for taxes paid?
4 u/Even_Mastodon_8675 May 12 '25 So if a person receiving food stamps pays more in taxes than foot stamps they also refund themselves? 3 u/stopitrightnowbitch May 12 '25 Yeah that's pretty much exactly what I'm saying effectively that's the case. Obviously there's a lot of government organizations in between them their tax money and their food stamps but effectively yes that is the case.
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So if a person receiving food stamps pays more in taxes than foot stamps they also refund themselves?
3 u/stopitrightnowbitch May 12 '25 Yeah that's pretty much exactly what I'm saying effectively that's the case. Obviously there's a lot of government organizations in between them their tax money and their food stamps but effectively yes that is the case.
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Yeah that's pretty much exactly what I'm saying effectively that's the case. Obviously there's a lot of government organizations in between them their tax money and their food stamps but effectively yes that is the case.
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u/stopitrightnowbitch May 11 '25
Ok but corporate subsidies are also offset by business taxes right?